Objetivo
African societies face growing global change risks, with rapidly changing patterns of human settlements and intensity of use of ecosystem services. At the same time, climate variability and climate change trends are intensifying stress on the ecosystems that ensure environmental security, both locally (e.g. ecosystem services), regionally (e.g. sustainable development options) and internationally (e.g. carbon sequestration). Approaches that can address this challenge in an integrated and multidisciplinary way are urgently needed in many places in Africa where there is a close relationship between societal well-being and environmental condition, relating particularly to biomass for energy and food production, and hydrological considerations such as water yields.
Policymakers and land-use decision makers are increasingly dependent on knowledge on the state of the environment. Long-term observational systems and research infrastructures have been identified to be indispensable elements of knowledge generation to serve climate change adaptation, food security, and climate change mitigation.
This proposal supports EU-African cooperation on research infrastructures. Its aims are to increase coherence and interoperability between infrastructures in Europe and Africa, to enhance technical competence, science awareness and life-long learning in Africa in order to facilitate the use of research results for evidence-based policy making, and to identify knowledge gaps for future research directions. The project will
1) identify the essential parameters needed to develop science based strategies to improve food and nutrition security including early warning systems and to mitigate climate change,
2) formulate a roadmap towards fully interoperable and accessible research infrastructures in agricultural and climate research in the EU and Africa that match the needs of the users, and
3) deliver a contribution to capacity building and human capital development in Africa.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources management
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safety
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-INFRASUPP-2016-1
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CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinador
38116 Braunschweig
Alemania
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Participantes (16)
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76131 Karlsruhe
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73100 Lecce
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PMB CT504 Cantonments Accra
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00100 Nairobi
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00560 Helsinki
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2001 Johannesburg
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D02 CX56 DUBLIN 2
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9000 WINDHOEK
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0001 Pretoria
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24148 Kiel
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04318 Leipzig
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5020 Bergen
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5838 Bergen
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603 00 Brno
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22100 Lund
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SAN VICENTE
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